Convicted felon guilty of possessing loaded gun

CHICAGO — A convicted felon whose brother is a well-known Chicago auto dealer was found guilty Wednesday by a federal jury of illegally possessing a loaded Derringer.

"It ain't the end of the world," Bruno Mancari, 54, of Palos Heights told supporters after the verdict. Edward Genson, one of his attorneys, said the verdict would be appealed.

In November, a separate jury was unable to reach a verdict, but prosecutors retried him. Mancari, who was convicted of drug trafficking years ago, faces up to 10 years in prison, prosecutors Eric Sussman and Jeffrey Cramer said.

The loaded weapon was discovered in early 2002 in a nightstand next to Mancari's bed the day he was arrested on murder charges in the death of a childhood friend. He was later acquitted of the murder.